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Staff
Rev. Kim Beckmann, Interim Pastor
Giavanna Jackson-Topel, Administrative Assistant
Giavanna Jackson-Topel, Administrative Assistant
The Rev. Dr. Kim L. Beckmann is a graduate of The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (1984 M.Div;1999 D.Min in Preaching). Together with her husband The Rev. Fredric Kinsey, she served a 20-year pastorate in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She then served a call as Director for Candidacy at the ELCA churchwide offices until the el
The Rev. Dr. Kim L. Beckmann is a graduate of The Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (1984 M.Div;1999 D.Min in Preaching). Together with her husband The Rev. Fredric Kinsey, she served a 20-year pastorate in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. She then served a call as Director for Candidacy at the ELCA churchwide offices until the elimination of that position in 2009. She has served eleven other congregational interim positions in Mayfair, Brookfield, Norridge, Northfield, Hyde Park, Ashburn, Riverside, Villa Park, Elmwood Park, Des Plaines and Evanston. In addition, she served as interim preaching professor at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago for the 2017-2018 academic year and as interim Director of Field Education in 2018-2019. Pastor Beckmann lives in Logan Square. Her husband serves at Unity Lutheran in Edgewater.
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Giavanna Jackson-Topel, Administrative Assistant
Giavanna Jackson-Topel, Administrative Assistant
Giavanna Jackson-Topel, Administrative Assistant
Giavanna was born and raised in Chicago, Il. Besides being an Army Veteran and a mom, she brings over a decade of administrative experience.
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Paul Rupprecht, Cantor
Giavanna Jackson-Topel, Administrative Assistant
Paul Rupprecht, Cantor
Paul Rupprecht, born in "Brew City", WI. B.S. in education, MMus. from Northwestern U. Post-graduate study in music composition in London at Trinity College of Music and church music at The Royal School of Church Music. Organist and choirmaster at St. Paul's, Skokie; St.-Viti Kirche, Zeven, Germany; St. Timothy's, Skokie. 30 years' grade
Paul Rupprecht, born in "Brew City", WI. B.S. in education, MMus. from Northwestern U. Post-graduate study in music composition in London at Trinity College of Music and church music at The Royal School of Church Music. Organist and choirmaster at St. Paul's, Skokie; St.-Viti Kirche, Zeven, Germany; St. Timothy's, Skokie. 30 years' grade school & high school teaching experience; now teaching at Oakton Community College. Lived in three foreign countries (14 years), visited twenty-six.